A Healthy Lifestyle Coaching-Persuasive Application for Patients with Type 2 Diabetes

Author

Fico, G. ; Fioravanti, A. ; Arredondo, M.T. ; Ardigó, D. ; Guillén, A.

Author_Institution

Lifestyle Supporting Technol. Group, Tech. Univ. of Madrid, Madrid, Spain

fYear

2010

fDate

Aug. 31 2010-Sept. 4 2010

Firstpage

2221

Lastpage

2224

Abstract

Losing weight can be one of the toughest objectives related to diabetes treatment, especially for Type 2 diabetes mellitus. This paper describes a tool to set goals to achieve lifestyle behavioral changes, and keep track of the benefits derived from these changes. This strategy leans on the capability of evaluating users´ compliance to treatment, identifying key points where the lack of motivation causes therapy dropping, and on the better resources that physicians will have to adjust the treatments and the prescriptions.

Keywords

Internet; biochemistry; biomedical equipment; diseases; medical computing; medical information systems; patient monitoring; patient treatment; METABO intelligent system; control panel; healthy lifestyle coaching-persuasive application; lifestyle behavioral changes; patient monitoring device; therapy; treatment; type 2 diabetes mellitus; Diabetes; Diseases; Europe; ISO standards; Medical diagnostic imaging; Monitoring; Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Computer Graphics; Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2; Equipment Design; Female; Health Promotion; Humans; Life Style; Male; Middle Aged; Motivation; Patient Compliance; Patient Education as Topic; Persuasive Communication; Software; User-Computer Interface;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC), 2010 Annual International Conference of the IEEE

Conference_Location

Buenos Aires

ISSN

1557-170X

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-4123-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IEMBS.2010.5626185

Filename

5626185